Edward L. "Eddie" Winter is a pre-War mob boss turned ghoul living in Boston in 2287.
Background[]
Eddie Winter was a notorious criminal and leader of an Irish crime family operating in Boston before the Great War. The Boston Bugle reported that he owned a sub shop in South Boston. He ordered the assassinations of Ron Trevio and Johnny Montrano, Jr. and participated in several robberies.[1] He was also a business partner with the Flynn Brothers and was involved in operations with their trucking company, Wicked Shipping.[2]
In 2077, the Boston Police Department created a task force code-named "Operation Winter's End" to secretly investigate Winter, led by Captain Jonathan Widmark. During this investigation, the extent of Winter's crimes was revealed: he was involved in almost every type of crime that could be committed, ranging from petty larceny to first-degree murder. It was suspected, though not proven, that Winter was behind the murder of the fiancée of the lead detective, Ms. Jennifer Lands, in August 2077.[3] Around October of that year, the Boston Police Department closed the case against Winter. This was done due to Winter's deal with the BADTFL to incriminate his associates. His cooperation with the district attorney granted him immunity from prosecution for his crimes.[4]
To ensure he would survive the prospect of nuclear devastation, shortly before the Great War, Eddie Winter willingly became a ghoul through a radiation experiment to obtain eternal life[5]; it's even postulated that this made him one of, if not the first subject of ghoulification in history. He then entered a secure bunker he'd secretly had built and remained there for the next 210 years.
In 2287, his choice of life as a criminal eventually caught up to him when the synth Nick Valentine, guided by the memories of his pre-war counterpart's grudge against the crime boss, figured out the code and broke into his secure vault under Andrew station with the Sole Survivor where he personally ended Winter's second reign of terror before it could begin.[6]
Interactions with the player character[]
Interactions overview[]
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Quests[]
- Long Time Coming: Nick Valentine asks the Sole Survivor to help him track down and kill Winter.
Inventory[]
| Apparel | Weapon | Other items |
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| Laundered loungewear | Eddie's Peace |
Notes[]
- An image of Eddie Winter before he became a ghoul can be seen on any old copy of the Boston Bugle in-game.
- Eddie is one of four male ghouls to have a full head of hair, the other three being Tommy Lonegan, Father Gabe, and the Vault-Tec rep.
- Molly, a raider in Appalachia, mentions Eddie Winter when she describes how dangerous Boston was before the war, calling him "the monster himself."[7]
Appearances[]
Eddie Winter appears in Fallout 4 and Fallout Shelter Online and is mentioned in the Fallout 76 update Wastelanders.[8]
Behind the scenes[]
Eddie is the Fallout universe's parallel to real-life crime lord Whitey Bulger, who led the Winter Hill Gang in Boston. Like Eddie, Whitey Bulger led a prosperous criminal empire while secretly cooperating with authorities.[9]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Eddie Winter holotapes
- ↑ Wicked business
- ↑ Case Closed on Crime Boss Eddie Winter, by Mags Veccio
- ↑ We are done
- ↑ To Claire
- ↑ Events of Long Time Coming
- ↑ A Vault Dweller: "Pouring drinks for bandits seems like a fast way to get yourself killed. You aren't worried for your own safety?"
Molly: "Worried? Pfft. Hardly. Sure, I lock my cap stash up at night, but these folks are pussycats compared to the ones I grew up around. South Boston, before the bombs, real bad. Military blockades, trigger-happy cops, and looming over it all, the monster himself. Eddie. Winter. Nah, I'll pour drinks for these troublemakers any day of the week over that life again."
(Molly's dialogue) - ↑ A Vault Dweller: "Pouring drinks for bandits seems like a fast way to get yourself killed. You aren't worried for your own safety?"
Molly: "Worried? Pfft. Hardly. Sure, I lock my cap stash up at night, but these folks are pussycats compared to the ones I grew up around. South Boston, before the bombs, real bad. Military blockades, trigger-happy cops, and looming over it all, the monster himself. Eddie. Winter. Nah, I'll pour drinks for these troublemakers any day of the week over that life again."
(Molly's dialogue) - ↑ Pixel.tv interview with Emil Pagliarulo (reference starts at 28:44):
Emil Pagliarulo: "There is a sort of Irish mafia figure named Whitey Bulgey in real life, who, there's a character sort of based on him in the game."